NO TIME TO WASTE


LIFESAVING DATA


U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Matthew Harris, left, assigned to the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, applies a tourniquet to 2nd Lt. Jarrad Hensley during a simulation training exercise at Operation Viking in Muscatatuck, Indiana, July 16, 2023. Predictive logistics can prevent units from being fatally unprepared. (Photo by Sgt. Alexander Kelly, U.S. Army Reserve)


STREAMLINE OPERATIONS


Members of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command’s Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC) tour the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center – Europe in May 2023. From left in yellow vests, data scientists Julia Contarino and Tajesvi Bhat, and Arthur Braithwaite, director of the ILSC’s Logistics and Technical Support Directorate. The data analysis team visited to learn more about operations, provide training and support the setup of an analytics dashboard to help streamline operations. (Photo courtesy of the author)


DATA POWER Data plays a critical role in sustaining large-scale combat opera- tions and multidomain operations. Large-scale combat operations will consume supplies, devices and equipment at a higher rate, causing a significant increase on sustainment demands.


As a subordinate command under the U.S. Army Communica- tions-Electronics Command, AMLC has taken an active role in modernization efforts such as the Army Materiel Command’s quarterly Predictive Logistics Summits. Tese summits bring together professionals from the Headquarters Army G-4, Train- ing and Doctrine Command, Army Futures Command, U.S. Army Forces Command and the Office of the Assistant Secre- tary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology to develop a comprehensive predictive logistics strategy to support the Army of 2030 and beyond.


For AMLC, the focus is keenly on synchronizing life cycle management for medical materiel into the Army sustainment enterprise. From there, AMLC is using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to support effective commod- ity management. A necessary component of applying AI/ML


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technology is establishing a sound understanding of data, sources and connections.


Algorithm-dependent analysis requires access to clean, accu- rate and extensive historical data. AMLC’s medical logistics in campaigning effort is aimed at streamlining access to quality data by integrating materiel management, maintenance, distribution and information technology into established Army processes and systems. Like all other commodities and capabilities critical to the Army, medical must be captured in a consistent, standard format that supports the use of data in analytic models or algorithms. Without data accuracy, models and algorithms used by data scien- tists to support precision sustainment will produce fallible results.


To prepare for sustaining the Army of the future, AMLC’s data scientists use cloud-based systems, such as Army Vantage, to analyze data captured from diverse military programs and systems. Army Vantage is an enterprise data analytics platform enabling Army users at every echelon and classification level to view comprehensive Army-wide data, analyze trends and make real-time data-driven decisions.


Army AL&T Magazine Spring 2024


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